Hyper Connected Yet Unaware
Just over 100 years ago people who were connected spoke either face to face or by letter.
The letters required much thought and effort to write, and often much time to arrive to the recipient.
Then the phone came along and strengthened those connections, people could now speak with ease.
These connections were meaningful because they required more of the individuals.
Today, we are hyper-connected to people. I know where my closest friends are in real-time.
Many of my friends I can see where they had lunch, what they did after work and I can ping them just as fast as my hands can move.
But the level of awareness and closeness doesn't match the level of connection.
We are hyper-connected to people, but not equally hyper-aware.
Why? I believe because the hyper-connectedness has caused the depth of relationship to be more shallow. A like, a comment and a follow just cannot match, a pen and paper, a phone call or a real relationship.
We now see what people are doing, but we don't see how they're doing.
Don't allow a hyper-connected world to cheapen your relationships. Likes, comments and follows are no substitute for conversations, hugs and community.
There is a reason more and more studies are tying depression to social media. At this point we don't know the full impact of a hyper connected society, but initial investigations are showing it's not helping us as individuals.
The letters required much thought and effort to write, and often much time to arrive to the recipient.
Then the phone came along and strengthened those connections, people could now speak with ease.
These connections were meaningful because they required more of the individuals.
Today, we are hyper-connected to people. I know where my closest friends are in real-time.
Many of my friends I can see where they had lunch, what they did after work and I can ping them just as fast as my hands can move.
But the level of awareness and closeness doesn't match the level of connection.
We are hyper-connected to people, but not equally hyper-aware.
Why? I believe because the hyper-connectedness has caused the depth of relationship to be more shallow. A like, a comment and a follow just cannot match, a pen and paper, a phone call or a real relationship.
We now see what people are doing, but we don't see how they're doing.
Don't allow a hyper-connected world to cheapen your relationships. Likes, comments and follows are no substitute for conversations, hugs and community.
There is a reason more and more studies are tying depression to social media. At this point we don't know the full impact of a hyper connected society, but initial investigations are showing it's not helping us as individuals.
How true this post is.. I want eyeball too eyeball contact with the people in my life....... Thank you for this
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